Adjustable corset-steel fastener.



WITNESSES i S S. ECCLESON.,

AmusrALE "CORSET STEEL FASTENER.

` APPLICATION FILED AUG-I5. 19|?.

1,259,217., Patented Mar. 12,1918.-

INVENTOH ATTORNEY S SPENCER ECCLESTON, F GORTLAND, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE CORSET-STEEL FSTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rateneea Mar. 12,1918.

Application led August 15, 1917. Serial No. 186,360.

Corset-Steel Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a corset steel fastener, and particularly to an adjustable fastener of this character adapted to secure the ends of the steels or stays in conjunction with the fabric of a garment of the character set forth and to hold the same against shifting and wearing or penetrating through the fabric of the garment.

An object of my invention is to provide a fastener of clip form which may be pierced through and secured in the fabric of a corset or other stayed garment, at points adjacent the ends of the stays or steels, and which comprises a single main penetrating spur having arms branched therefrom and provided with like spurs at their extremities, the arrangement of the penetrating spurs being such that in one operative position of use of the clip, a pair of stays may be secured in the proper relation and held against penetration of the fabric of the garment, whereas in a second operative position a single stay will be held and secured.

A further object is to so construct the clip that it may be used with equal facility to hold in place either a single steel or two steels or stays placed side by side, and also in providing for adjustment of the spread of the arms to thus permit variation ofthe distance of separation of the penetrating points of said arms to accommodate the clip for diEerent conditions of use.

With the above and other objects in view, which will be in part described and in part understood from the specification, drawings, and claims, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings Figure l is a view of a fragmentary portion of a corset structure showing the clip applied;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the clip applied in a reverse mounting;

F ig. 4 is a view in elevation of the blank from which the clip is bent up and indicating by dot-ted lines the manner in which ad justments are made;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the fastener with the spurs bent to the position which they would take in the application of the device, and showing the spurs in dotted lines as they would appear when folded down to the securing position; and,

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing a modified construction of the clip.

In the preferred embodiment, the fastener or clip is illustrated as being constructed of sheet metal, stamped or otherwise formed to the proper shape, and in this adaptation the spur l has the arms 2 and 3 branched therefrom so that the structure takes substantially a Y-shaped form, spurs 4: and 5 being provided on the ends of the branches 2 andv 3. To all intents and purposes, the spurs 4 and 5 are substantially continuations of the arms 2 and 3, and as a matter of fact these spurs are not distinguishable in the blank before the same is bent up. However, the spur l is clearly defined, and notches 6 and 7 are cut into the metal of the clip at the point of joining of the arms and the spur 1 to still further define these essential parts.

The blank of the fastener clip will take substantially the form shown in Fig. 4L. However, this blank will in a measure lose its identity when bent up to the form for use, and the spurs l, LI, and 5 are bent to extend substantially at right angles from the arms 2 and 3, and to be substantially parallel one with the other, as is shown in Fig. 5. As has been stated, the material of the clip is notched out at 6 and 7, and thus greater -iexibility is given to the metal at this point of joining of the arms 2 and 3 with the spur l. The material from which the clip is constructed must necessarily be of a sufIiciently soft and bendable nature that the spurs l, 4, and 5, can be bent out as shown by the full lines of Fig. 5 and can then be folded and clenched down as indicated by the dotted lines, and therefore as the material of the arms 2 and 3 is cut away by the notches 6 and 7 these arms can be spread,

. as indicated by the dotted lines of Fig. 4, or

drawn in, to suit the particular conditions of use.

In the use of the device as described, when a single stay or steel is to be secured, the clip or fastener will be placed upon the fabric, as indicated at 8 in Fig. 1, and the arms 2 and 3 will be adjusted so that the spurs i and 5 will straddle and clear the sides oi' the stay or steel 9, the spur 1 being brought down upon the fabric adjacent the end of the stay or steel. The spurs are then penetrated through the fabric and are clenched down substantially as is shown in Fig. 2, and by the dotted' lines of Fig. 5, and as the spur 1 is thus clamped down upon the inner layer of fabric to bear against the inner side of the stay or steel and is looped entirely over the end of the same, this stay or steel will be held positively against punching through the fabric of the garment, shifting of the stay or steel being prevented by reason .of the fact that the spurs 4i Vand 5 formed in conjunction With the arms 2 and 3 are disposed at the sides of the stay or steel. In the reverse mounting of the fastener or clip, the spur 1 Will be positioned between the adjacent stays 10 and 11, now referring to Fig. 3, and the arms 2 and 3 Will be adjusted so that the spurs 4L and 5- are substantially centrally disposed at the ends of the stays. By placing the spurs through the fabric and clenching the same dbwn, the spurs l and 5 Will hold over the ends of the stays or steels, and the spur 1 Will anchor the clip or fastener against displacement.

In the modified form of construction as shown in Fig. 6, the clip or fastener is made up from a single length of bendable Wire which is folded substantially in its middle portion and shaped to provide a spur 12 with the ends of the length of Wire branched therefrom to form the arms 18 and 14, which at their extremities are shaped to provide the spurs 15 and 1G. This modified form of Y the clip or fastener would be used in sub- -stantiallythe same Way as is illustrated for the preferred embodiment, and duey to the fact that a bendable Wire is used, any desired adjustments of the spurs 15 and 16 With respect to the spur 12 can be accomplished.

From the foregoing it Will be seen that I have provided a clip which is very simple Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the andineXpensive in manufacture and in use, which can be used in one operative position to hold a single steel While in the remaining operative position a pair of steels or stays will be fastened with the same facility and security; and, that by constructingy the clip in the manner set forth adjustment ofthe relative:disposition-'of the holding spurs can be accomplished to suit a standard form of clip or fastener for use in a number of different connections.'

While I have herein shown and described Vonly a certain configuration for the various portions and have set forth only certain materials which might-be employed, it Will be understood that changes and variations might be resorted to, in view of which fact .I Wish to be limited only to such points as portion having arms branched therefromY and terminating in spurs, said arms being made adjustable as to their spread through the fact that a bendable material is employed, and the several spurs being bent in the completed clip and in a line parallel to each other and at right angles to the plane of the arms.

2. A clip for securing steels in position in a stayed body garment comprising a single sheet metal member stamped out to provide a main spur having arms branched therefrom and terminating in spurs, said member being notched out and reduced at the point of joining of theV arms With the main spur and the several spurs being bent down in the.`

completed clip to lie in parallel planes and at right angles to the plane of the branch arms.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. Y

S SPENCER ECCLESTON. lVitnesses:

H. MALMBERG, I. S. JONES.

Washington, D. C. 

